10 Other Things to Love About St. Andrews
Sure the reason you’ll want to go is the golf, but here are the reasons, once you get there, you’ll want to stay Long Summer Evenings The hardest part of living through a winter in St. Andrews isn’t the weather: It’s the daylight, or lack thereof. In mid-December, the sun rises after 8 a.m. […]
Unique Food to Try on a Trip to Scotland
Whether you’re venturing to Scotland to attend an Open Championship or to take on its storied links courses, the adventures awaiting you won’t be confined to the golf course. While not generally regarded as a top destination for gastronomy tourists, the Scots eat well and so do their guests. Scottish cuisine is wide-ranging—that is, if […]
5 Reasons to Love Rusacks St. Andrews
With a locale that can’t be beat, Rusacks is the place to stay in St. Andrews thanks to a recent renovation and expansion When the Rusacks St. Andrews hotel opened adjacent to the Old Course’s 18th fairway in 1877, the 70-room establishment became the world’s first purpose-built golf hotel. For more than a century, Rusacks […]
Insider Access: Elite Accommodations at U.S. Golf Resorts
For avid golfers, a trip to one of the country’s noteworthy golf resorts is a thrill in and of itself. Yet, beyond the standard accommodations that those properties offer, additional lesser-known dwelling options exist—guest rooms, suites, cabins, and cottages that cater to the truly golf obsessed. Whether they’re positioned just off the fairways, adjacent to […]
5 of the Top Hotel Brands in Golf
When you think of iconic golf resort destinations, chances are you think of the courses before the accommodations. Places like Pebble Beach, Pinehurst, and the American Club (Kohler) are among those golf getaways with a heavy emphasis on the resort component but are unquestionably brands unto themselves. Looking across the vast destination golf market, however, […]
10 Northern U.S. Golf Resorts Worth Visiting
Quick, think of a U.S. golf destination. Chances are what springs to mind is somewhere pretty warm, somewhere coastal, or both. But there’s a lot of terrific golf in the U.S. that’s well removed from the Sunbelt. One dividing line for “well removed” is the 45th Parallel, the significance of which is that it’s the […]
The Best Golf in the Last 5 NBA Championship Cities
When the NBA playoffs draw to a close, you can bet Steph Curry will be headed to a golf course somewhere. The two-time NBA MVP is golf obsessed and no stranger to celebrity events, like the annual American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe, televised showcases like The Match, or even the occasional foray into a […]
5 Reasons to Love Horseshoe Bay Resort
Once a show-stopping resort—and the first lakeside property of its kind in Texas—Horseshoe Bay has emerged from a substantial renovation to dazzle guests all over again By the mid-1980s, Horseshoe Bay Resort was flourishing. The sprawling property, which covers more than 7,000 acres along the shoreline of Lake LBJ in Texas Hill Country, was then […]
Pubs and Clubs of Dublin
The golf is heady and the bars sublime—or is it the other way round—in Ireland’s wonderfully welcoming capital city The first time I visited Dublin’s boisterous Temple Bar neighborhood after a windswept day on the links, I thought its name fitting—maybe even redundant. Bar-going is a religion in Dublin, as it is throughout much of […]
High-Rolling Golf In Las Vegas
For high-rolling on the greens by day and the green felt at night, it can only be Las Vegas Let’s dispense with the hackneyed slogan first: The only thing that actually stays in Las Vegas is your bankroll. Tony Bennett didn’t leave his heart here: There’s little romance to spare in this hard-lit, hard-luck town. […]
